Acetylene-gas generator.



No. 663,324. Patented Dec. 4, |900.

' W. F. ANSO'NL AGETYLENE GAS GENERATOR.

(Application filed Feb. 5, 1900.)

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WILL FRED ANSON, OF CAMDEN, NEW YORK.

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SECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 663,324, dated December 4, 1900.

Application filed February 5, 1900. Serial No. 4.139. (No model.)

To all whom/ it' noa/y concern:

Beit known that l, WILL FRED ANSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oamden, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Acetylene-Gas Generator, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to acetylene-gas generators; and it has for one object to produce a machine in which the delivery of the water to the carbid can be regulated or adjusted very delicately and in which the gas must pass through the charge of carbid before it leaves the generator and lbe dried ready for use.

Another object is to provide a dischargepipe with a gasometer for the reception of the excessive amount of gas, said gasometer being provided with a safety appliance or blow-oit.

Nith these objects in view my invention consists in the improved construction and novel combination of parts of an acetylenegas generator, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, in which the same reference-numerals indicate corresponding parts in each of the views in which they occur, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of an acetylene-gas generator embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective detail view.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates the generator, which may be of any suitable size and shape; but I prefer to make it of the form of an upright cylinder and support it by means of the legs 2. Each end or' the cylinder is provided with a removable door or cover, the door 3 at the bottom being preferably hinged at one side and secured by the wing-nut 4 upon the opposite side and the cover 5 at the top being secured by the wing-nuts 6, which pass through a iiange 7 and through the cover 5, the (iange and the cover being provided with registering recesses b. Near the bottom of the generator are located suitable brackets 9, upon which is supported a grate 10 for the reception of the carbid. At a suitable distance above the grate 10 is the dumping-grate 11, which is pivotally secured upon the pivots 12 and provided with a handle 13, by means of which it may be operated.

Leading from the upper end of the generator is a pipe 14, which will extend to the house or other point Where it is desired to deliver the gas. `At a suitable distance from the generator is located a gasometer 15, into which projects the pipe 16 and by means of which the surplus gas from the generator is stored until it can be used. The gasometer is of the usual construction, with the top of the pipe 16 projecting above the water-level, and the floating bell or cylinder 17 is provided with a guide 18, the lower end of which normally projects below the water level. Whenever the accumulation of gas in the gasometer exceeds the safety-point, the bell 17 will be raised sufticient to lift the end of the guide 18 above the water-level, and thus permitthe excess of gas to enter the guide or escape through the blow-oit pipe 19. In this manner the supply of gas is always sufficient and can never become dangerous, and at the same time the parts can be so adjusted as to reduce the waste of the escaping gas to a minimum. Between the generator and the pipe 16 the pipe 14 is provided with a checkvalve 2O to prevent the return of the gas to the generator and also with a pressure-gage 21, by means of which the pressure can be indicated to secure the desired candle-power at the burner. The pipe 16 may be further provided with an ordinary globe-valve 22, which can be operated if the check-valve should become defective or inoperative.

Located at any convenient point is a watertank 23, which is connected with the generator by means of a pipe 24. The delivery end of the pipe 24 projects through the side of the casing of the generator between the grates 10 and 11 and is provided with a sprinkler 25, which is preferably made oval, so as to deliver the water more evenly upon the grate 26, directly beneath it. Between the generator and the water-tank the pipe 24 is provided with a suitable valve 27, which is operated by the movement of the bell 17 through the lever 28 and rod 29. l prefer to support the water-tank at one-side of the generator by means of the bracket 30 and to support the lever directly above the same by means of the IOO bracket 31. By locating the fulcrum or point of adjustment by the bracket 31 close to the rod 29 the longer end of the lever 28 is secured to the central portion of the bell by means of the link 32 and the movement of the valve 27 is rendered very sensitive, as it is evident that the bell must move through considerable space to effect the movement of the valve.

In operating my improved acetylenegas generator two charges of carbid are insertedone upon each of the grates-and water being permitted to enter through the pipe 24 the gas generated from the carbid 26 on the grate 10 must pass upward through the grate 11,which is provided with perforations 33 for that purpose, and through the charge of carbid 34 be fore it can enter the pipe 14. As it passes up through the carbid 34 it is perfectly dried on account of the carbid absorbing any moisture which it may contain, and thus it passes into the outlet or delivery pipe 14 perfectly dry and ready for use. After the carbid on the lower grate has been consumed and the refuse has passed through the perforations 35 in the 'grate 10 the cover 5 is removed and the charge of carbid 34 on the grate 11 is dumped onto the grate 10 by rocking the grate 11 on its pivots by means of the handle 13. Another charge is then placed upon the grate 11 and the generator closed, when the machine will be in condition for further use. As often as the carbid is consumed upon the grate 10 it is replenished by dumping the charge 34 upon it and replenishing grate 11. In this manner there is always one full charge and a portion of another charge through which the gas must pass before it can i reach the outlet. Whenever the lower part of the generator has been filled with refuse,

the door 4 is opened and the refuse can be re# moved and the door again closed. By making the lower portion of the generator sufficiently large to contain several charges of the carbid it will only be necessary to clean out the refuse at long intervals, thereby rendering my device very convenient and easy of operation.

Although I have shown what I consider to be a very efficient construction for embodying my invention, yet I reserve to myself the right to make such changes and alterations therein as will come within the scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is*n 1. In an acetylene-gas generator, the combination, with a generator, of two grates therein, the upper one of which is perforated and pivotally secured, a water-pipe having its delivery end located between said grates and a gas-outlet pipe leading from the generator above the upper grate, substantially as described.

2. In an acetylene gas-generator, the combination, with a vertical cylinder, each end of which is open and the interior is provided with two sets of supports, means for closing each end of the cylinder, a perforated grate upon each of said supports, the upper grate being pivotally mounted and provided with a handle, the water-tank having its discharge end located between said grates and the gasoutlet leading from the generator above the upper grate, substantially as described.

WILL FRED ANSON.

Witnesses:

S. B. HINCKLEY, J. C. MCDONALD. 

